The exterior of the Community Thrift Store at 17 S. Fifth St. in Council Grove has undergone a colorful transformation, thanks to sisters Tracy Waring and Janene Parcel of Wilsey.

Community leaders, friends and family gathered at Tallgrass Insurance Group, 623 E. Main, Council Grove on Tuesday to celebrate a ribbon cutting of agent Anna Romme’s agency.

The article below won an essay contest that the Council Grove Republican held in 1954 for articles about pioneer ancestors. It is published as it was written by Mary Ruth Carr Walker.

Hultgren Family Continues Hog Roast Tradition Brice Hultgren captured this photo of smoke and light filtering through the trees at Lucky Seven Park as preparations conti

Brentley Litke 

Konnor Siegle

What began as a classroom lesson in reading township and range maps has grown into a corn maze that Chase County agriculture students will share with the community on Halloween.